Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Excel versions: 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003. If you are using a later version (Excel 2007 or later), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for later versions of Excel, click here: Using InputBox to Get Data.
Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated August 22, 2022)
This tip applies to Excel 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
If you are developing a simple custom application in Excel, you may want to use the InputBox function to retrieve information from the user, and then place that information in a particular place in a worksheet. This can be easily done in the following manner:
Please Note:
This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Excel versions: 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003. If you are using a later version (Excel 2007 or later), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for later versions of Excel, click here:
UserValue = InputBox("Value to use?")
Cells(1, 1).Value = UserValue
These two lines, when inserted into a macro, prompt the user for input. This input is assigned to the UserValue variable by the InputBox function. The contents of this variable are then deposited in cell A1 of the current worksheet using the Cells method. If you prefer, you could also use the Range object to specify a location for the value, as shown here:
UserValue = InputBox("Value to use?")
Range("B3").Value = UserValue
This example deposits the value of UserValue into cell B3.
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2019-03-14 12:34:40
Prashant
Hi
I want to search the sub folder. And recieve the output message as folder exists or not.
C:\info
Here "info" is the parent folder.
I want to search the folder name through inputbox which is present under info folder or not
2018-02-17 07:30:06
And, of course, it can be done in just a single line, like:
Range("B3").Value = InputBox("Value to use?")
2018-02-17 05:51:48
Rick Rothstein
Here is code snippet that will allow you to react to whatever the user does with the InputBox (replace the MsgBox code lines with whatever code you want to execute for that situation)...
Dim Answer As String
'....
'....
Answer = InputBox("Tell me something")
If StrPtr(Answer) = 0 Then
MsgBox "The user clicked the Cancel button."
ElseIf Len(Answer) = 0 Then
MsgBox "The user clicked OK without entering anything!"
Else
MsgBox "The user entered the following..." & vbLf & vbLf & Answer
End If
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